Sam Querrey

The fall months of the tennis calendar tend to be a busy time of the year for a lot of junior players. For the girls, who play their high school season from September to November, it presents a few more challenges.

What: USTA Pro Circuit Tiburon Challenger Where: Tiburon Peninsula Club When: Daytime matches, today-Oct. 16 Schedule: Qualifying at 10 a.m. today-Monday. Early rounds daily, Monday-Thursday. Quarterfinals, 10 a.m….

Before Sam Querrey played his first match of 2011 at the Medibank International in Sydney, the Thousand Oaks High graduate was ranked in the top 25, had high hopes of breaking into the top 10 and was looking forward to competing in big tournaments in Indian Wells, Key Biscayne and the four Grand Slams.

Here is something you probably did not know — I didn’t: This U.S. Open marks the ninth straight time that not a single American man has made even the semifinal of a grand slam tennis tournament.

Hype nearly ruined Donald Young. Now he gets a shot at redemption.

The United States Tennis Association bookstore has been given a spacious new site inside Chase Center, across the walkway from Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Thousand Oaks High graduate Sam Querrey has pulled out of the U.S. Open as he still recovers from elbow surgery.

ATP World Tour Rankings Through Aug. 14x-qualified for Barclays World Tour Finals, Nov. 20-27Singles1. x-Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 13500 Roger Federer, Switzerland, 9200 David Ferrer, Spain, 4200 Mardy Fish, United States, 3060 Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 2420 Andy Roddick, United States, 2030 Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 2015 Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 1955 Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 1740 …

Mardy Fish gave himself little credit for saving two second-set match points against John Isner.

Wayne Odesnik, banned after admitting he imported human growth hormone (HGH) to Australia, was a loser at the $1.4 million Washington Classic in his first ATP appearance in 16 months.